“Ours may become the first civilization destroyed, not by the power of our enemies, but by the ignorance of our teachers and the dangerous nonsense they are teaching our children. In an age of artificial intelligence, they are creating artificial stupidity.” FirstsMayChildrenAgeEnemyTeacherTeachingDangerousIgnoranceCivilizationCreatingOur ChildrenStupidityDestroyedNonsenseArtificial IntelligenceArtificial Book:Controversial Essays Source: Controversial Essays
“It's impossible to consider living without ideals. However, when ideas lead to ideology, that's a very dangerous thing. Ideology then leads to creating the image of an enemy, and it leads to the murder and massacre that we've seen since the beginning of time.” IdeasEnemyImpossibleDangerousCreatingIdealsMurderIdeologyDangerous ThingsMassacres Author:Michael Haneke
“When excesses such as lax lending standards become widespread and persist for some time, people are lulled into a false sense of security, creating an even more dangerous situation. In some cases, excesses migrate beyond regional or national borders, raising the ante for investors and governments. These excesses will eventually end, triggering a crisis at least in proportion to the degree of the excesses. Correlations between asset classes may be surprisingly high when leverage rapidly unwinds.” PeopleMayEndsGovernmentSituationClassCasesSecurityDangerousDegreesCreatingStandardsCrisisBordersProportionAssetsInvestorsExcessPersistLendingCorrelationUnwindMigrateLaxDangerous SituationsNational BordersFalse Sense Of Security Author:Seth Klarman
“We realized we weren't really using Odeo, we weren't investing our own time creating podcasts. We were building a tool that was a great idea for some other people. That's a dangerous way to go because if you don't actually use it yourself and love it, then you aren't going to be as fully invested in it from the start. That's what leads you to doing side projects.” PeopleIfsWayIdeasUseSidesDangerousBuildingProjectsCreatingToolsAnd LoveInvestingGreat IdeaYourself And Love Author:Biz Stone